Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3040 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3040

 To prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in elections for Federal 
                                office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2025

  Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Begich) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in elections for Federal 
                                office.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.), as amended by section 2(a) of the COCOA Act 
of 2024, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as sections 306 
        and 307; and
            (2) by inserting after section 304 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 305. PROHIBITING RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    ``A State may not carry out any election for Federal office using a 
system of ranked choice voting under which each voter ranks the 
candidates for the office in the order of the voter's preference.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Existing Enforcement 
Provisions.--Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by 
striking ``and 304'' and inserting ``304, and 305''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 305 and 
        306 as relating to sections 306 and 307; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 304 the 
        following:

``Sec. 305. Prohibiting ranked choice voting in Federal elections.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall apply with respect to elections held during 2026 or any 
succeeding year.
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